Should You Move Your Small Business to the Cloud?

Cloud Server Hosting

Cloud hosting services are gaining a fast momentum in the present internet age and are dubbed as the future of all Information Technology related fields, right from database management and data security, amid others. In simple words, cloud computing is the utilisation of remote computing resources, including hardware and software, which are offered to end users as a service over the internet. In other words, while using a cloud computing, one can put computer and software resources on the internet, to be used by customers in return for some consideration. The internet works as a medium for the transfer of service and information between the cloud server (or simply cloud) and end users. The service provider charges some payment usually based on a ‘pay as you use’ style model.

Cloud computing corresponds to looking at software as a commodity, being replaced by an online service that can be availed through the internet by paying some money. An online service can be called a cloud hosting service, if applications and computations are actually performed on the cloud and not on the end user's machine. To facilitate interaction between the cloud and its target customers, web hosting service providers offer an extremely sophisticated and secure interface, using which the data or applications can be easily accessed and processed online, depending on the requirement.  

Experts believe that using an efficient cloud hosting service can help in cost cutting on the requirement of a powerful hardware, such as servers, computers, networking routers, switches, gateways and hubs, among others. Additionally, any individual or organisation can ask for a cloud based hosting service, in order to remove the excess functionality, traffic, computations and processing from their websites. Simply speaking, using cloud based hosting service is just like outsourcing any process from a third party. Prior to cloud computing based online services, organisations had to invest in large amounts of money for developing its own physical technology set-up, in order to keep large amount of valuable data secure using the internet.

There are a number of other parameters that hold immense significance to the cloud based web hosting services. Summing up the most prestigious areas for a reliable cloud based hosting service, cost considerations, data recovery in the case of a failure, data accessibility and scalability are few vital scenarios. The cost considerations involve overall reduction in money input, which is spent on the used technology, without compromising on the Quality of Service (QoS). A key reason leading to growth of cloud based computing services is the data security it offered by ensuring more than one backups, in case of an unwanted situation. Further, the easy and reliable accessibility of data using a cloud is another crucial merit of such online services, which ideally should be quick and highly secure (without letting unwanted users getting their hands on the usually paid service).

How webmail hosting can prove to be helpful for business enterprises

Webmail Hosting

Individuals working in small and mid size enterprises extensively require sending/receiving emails and sharing tasks/contacts/calendars on webmail hosting or hosted exchange servers. However, there is much difference between webmail and hosted exchange, and it depends on the business activity of individuals for which way to go.

Generally, several businesses do not have the time and bandwidth to maintain the in-house infrastructure for email server. Other key factor is the high cost demanded by the process, which has made webmail email services quite popular these days. Availing webmail, email hosting from a service provider does not require physical in-house servers, which reduces the cost of operations. With the usage of hosting services, individuals get a piece of mind that their email systems are secure, safe and backed up, in case of any failure. These services also ensure high credibility and reliability with a 24x7 support.

Webmail hosting happens to be an economical version of hosting business emails. However, it is quite pivotal that an individual gets a good email service provider, which is not just cheap, but also the best in the field. In order to find an efficient service provider, users can look on to the internet and find some of the reliable organisations. A web hosting service provider should be carefully selected after evaluating its customer service support infrastructure, along with the bandwidth and disk space they claim to offer. However, finding a reliable vendor who renders such services at competitive prices in the industry can be little difficult, owing to a large number of spammers. Generally, service providers offer several goodies and freebies, like sharing of contacts, calendars and massive storage space, among others, to lure customers.

Carving a good reputation is extremely beneficial for any business, which results to its expansion in the long run. Experts believe that if someone wants to take his business to new heights, a good status can be engraved with the usage of webmail hosting services. Basically, webmail is used to access the emails from a browser via an internet connection. Several businesses require a medium through which it can connect their employees at all times, for which such services come as a cost effective solution. Experts believe that conventional email receivers like Outlook cannot be relied upon as it does not offer multiple device synchronisations, which is required by several people.

Individuals looking for an email hosting service provider must take in concern that the service has a 24x7 support, along with telephone and chat features. It must be noted that not all the service providers have a solid interface for webmail. Therefore, before going for a service provider, one must check his ratings and review comments for its offered services.